Artist Statement

For someone living in a time of connectivity and one-click shopping -- where it can begin to seem like water simply comes from the tap, electricity from an outlet, and wifi from a router -- it can be all too easy to forget about the physical infrastructure that allows such an existence. Underlying the average day is an unseen dimension that includes undersea cables, fulfillment centers, cargo ships, substations, and more. My collections of infrastructural sites are meant as reminders of that dimension. Further, they're collected from Google satellite view, a perspective from which we can begin to see the fragility and contingency that circumscribe modern human existence.

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

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Jenny Odell

Jenny
Odell
is
a
Bay
Area
native
who
mines
imagery
from
online
environments,
most
typically
Google
Maps,
in
an
attempt
to
create
candid
portraits
of
humanity
and
its
built
environment.
Because
her
practice
exists
at
the
intersection
of
research
and
aesthetics,
Odell
has
often
been
compared
to
a
natural
scientist
(specifically,
a
lepidopterist).
Her
work
has
been
exhibited
at
the
Google
Maps
Headquarters,
Les
Rencontres
D'Arles,
Arts
Santa
Monica,
Fotomuseum
Antwerpen,
La
Gaîté
Lyrique
in
Paris,
and
East
Wing
Gallery
in
Dubai.
It's
also
turned
up
in
TIME
Magazine's
LightBox,
The
Atlantic,
The
Economist,
WIRED,
the
NPR
Picture
Show,
and... Read More

Imagine
Architecture
(Gestalten,
2014).
Odell
teaches
at
Stanford
University. Learn
more
about
Jenny in our In
the
Studio
interview and
our
Artist
Spotlight!